O perfil do gestor educacional para a construção de uma gestão democrática na escola

Abstract

Due to many changes at present, the development of the human being and in the educational practices arose a demand for change in the school management. And talking about management, the leader represents the subject that enables the start of the changes, because it is through their actions that the whole process will occur. So the leader needs to be democratic, having a broad look that enables the participation of the entire school community in the planning and decision-making. It is the responsibility of the manager to build a culture of exchange of experiences in the school environment as an attitude of mutual support, sharing, collaboration and learning together. This is an inherent practice to a management that evidences a democratic position, in which all people of the school community are part of the organization that goes in search for an education success. The following monograph was prepared through literature and qualitative research which aims to investigate the influence of the manager in the performance of the school organization as well as define the profile that a leader needs for a successful management. The instruments used for the research are: literature review, document analysis and questionnaire.